Peter J. McGrath, Jr.

A frequent lecturer and author on diverse environmental issues, Peter McGrath brings to his wide-ranging clients extensive counseling and litigation experience with environmental issues arising in business and real estate transactions.

He provides his clients cutting-edge counsel on matters pertaining to:

He also conducts pioneering environmental litigation and administrative actions, and manages environmental remediations under RCRA, CERCLA and analogous state laws. For example, McGrath led the successful defense of the first third-party administrative challenge to a landfill permit issued by the North Carolina Division of Solid Waste Management.

Representative Matters

Ashcraft v. Conoco, Inc., No. 7:95-CV-187(3), United States District Court For The Eastern District Of North Carolina, Southern Division, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4092; 26 Media L. Rep. 1620. Upholding contempt sanctions for breach of confidentiality provisions of settlement agreement.

Ashcraft v. Conoco, Inc., No. 7:95-CV-187-BR(3), United States District Court For The Eastern District Of North Carolina, Southern Division, 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9667. Describing permissible scope of discovery in toxic tort actions.

Sherrill v. Amerada Hess Corp., 3:95CV252-MU, United States District Court For The Western District Of North Carolina, Charlotte Division, 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18403. Obtained dismissal of toxic tort class actions where each member of class could not allege damages exceeding jurisdictional threshold.